Garden Show Place: Annuals In Border Planting
Garden designers use annuals for height form and color in borders. Powderpuff hollyhocks rise behind a woven fence, Rocket snapdragons provide mid height, and petunias form a low spreading front. Color ranges include white pink red lavender peach and yellow. A planned mix creates a show place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Green Mountain Gardener: Site Prep to Save Trees
Vermont landscape guidance advises planning around existing trees when building a new house. Protect trunks with fencing, keep foundations 20 feet away, and avoid soil changes or compacted areas that harm roots. Publications M-5279 and Farmers Bulletin 1967 detail tree-friendly landscaping and construction protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Farmers’ Bulletin
Morrill Hall
UVM
Burlington
Young Leaves May Be Subject To Fungus Spores
Bud break ushers in new leaves and with them fungal spores that cause blotches blights and rusts. Dr Philip L Rusden of Bartlett Tree Research Labs urges fungicidal spray now to prevent spore take hold and a second treatment 10 days later if spring is wet. Noted diseases include anthracnose on oaks maples and others elm leaf spot cedar apple rust willow scab and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip L. Rusden
Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
London
April Is Right Month For Planting Your Roses
Horticulturists advise planting roses in April with soil preparation and deep roots. In the South transplant potted roses. in colder regions dig deep beds, mix peatmoss and fertilizer, and set plants 2 to 3 feet apart by rose type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Union Fork and Hoe Company
Columbus
Ohio
New York
Kentucky
Long Island
Florida
Georgia
Bamboo Grass Grows Three Feet Daily in Yards
The National Geographic Society notes bamboo can reach three feet in 24 hours in hot moist weather. Ramps of rhizomes spread, shoots emerge rapidly, and some species endure below freezing. Bamboo's uses span food to paper, while many varieties flower rarely, signaling ecological shifts and potential crop impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Gulf Cast
Massachusetts
National Geographic Society
United States
Orient
Spacing and Moonflowers Add Night Fragrance in Gardens
Space plants for sturdy growth and follow seed pack spacing. Moonflowers bloom at night, fragrance fills outdoors, and mixing moonflowers with Heavenly Blue morning glories can yield day and night blossoms.
Also Mentioned on This Page
San Francisco
Ohio Agricultural Extension Service
Morgans Esso & Power
Briggs & Strallan
Bennington
North St
Bolens
North Bennington
David J. Beattie
Dept. of Horticultural Science
University of Vermont
Asia
David Fairchild
National Geographic
Lime Service
Whitman’s Feed Store
Bennington, VT
DIAL
W. T. Grant CO
Toro
Stratto
Yuy
Bamboo
Vulcan
Garden
Nichels Aluminum
Natures
Mary
Heritage House
Niagara Farm and Garden
Ft. Sa
Main Street
Dupont
H. Greenberg & Son Inc
Lumber
Chantenay